Louis Dembitz Brandeis

Louis Dembitz Brandeis

Biography of Louis Dembitz Brandeis

Biographic Details

  • Family Name (Surname): Brandeis
  • First Name: Louis
  • Middle Name: Dembitz
  • Date of Birth: November , 13 , 1856
  • Place of Birth (POB): Louisville , Kentucky (US-KY, KY, 21, Ky., Ken., Kent.)
  • Date of Death: October , 5 , 1941
  • Place of Death (POD): Washington , District of Columbia (US-DC, DC, 11, D.C., Wash. D.C.)
  • Gender Identity: Male
  • Race or Ethnicity: White

Louis Dembitz Brandeis Court Service Information

  • Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
  • Court Type: United States Supreme Court (USSC)
  • Appointment under the Presidency of: Woodrow Wilson ( Democratic )
  • Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 01/28/1916
  • Seat vacated by: Lamar , Joseph Rucker
  • Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 01/28/1916
  • Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
  • Committee action date: 05/24/1916
  • Senate voice vote?: No
  • Senate vote Yes/No: 47/22
  • Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 06/01/1916
  • Commission Date: 06/01/1916
  • Retirement from Active Service: 02/13/1939
  • Date of Termination: 10/05/1941
  • Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Louis Dembitz Brandeis in the Law School

  • Name of School: Harvard Law School
  • Degree: Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
  • Law Degree Year: 1877

Louis Dembitz Brandeis Career Path

Employment:

  • Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri, 1878-1879
  • Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1879-1916
  • Law clerk, Hon. Horace Gray, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1879-1880
  • Instructor, Harvard Law School, 1882-1883
  • Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

    Allotment as Circuit Justice:

  • Second Circuit, June 12, 1916-March 15, 1925
  • Third Circuit, March 16, 1925-June 1, 1930
  • Fifth Circuit, June 2, 1930-March 27, 1932
  • First Circuit, March 28, 1932-February 13, 1939

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